Exactly

True. But the answer to that catch phrase is "fly fishing".

Randall Buie truth

I totally agree with you. Unfortunately, Team Rodent seems content to put actors and musicians into the role of host on the ABC shows, as opposed to seasoned game show hosts.

@@drewconway7135 don’t forget comedians.

Quartzquiz i know if youre going to do a revival do the job properly they producers knew what they were doing here, mostly true to the format great choice of host ( affable established), nice set. I like the separation of the super catch phrase pot from individual wins. I think as another poster said it was probably marketed too late for the stations to pick up. Shame. This is the kind of mid 2000s offering that should have sold with either this exact format or a variant of the current UK format and lasted at least 5 seasons, if not to this day. Just my opinion.

He also was featured on Monopoly Millionaires Club with Billy Gardell. Have you ever seen him on Family Game Night that used to be on The Hub?

Look at Fun House and Strike it Rich-- they also found bigger success in England than in America. Though FH did last three seasons here.

Happens all the time. American Idol is way bigger than Pop Idol ever was.

One reason and one reason only, the hosts made those shows a success here Catchphrase is enjoying a successful revival here hosted by Stephen Mulhern but back in the day, this was Roy Walker’s bread and butter

James Greek​ Well Hasbro could have looked at this then picked it up.

cutemimi25 And Discovery Family sucks.

the British one is way better

Michael Darling​ It does, there's no way Discovery Family should exist and if it does it should have replaced TLC instead of the Hub

Often in game show pilots, the "contestants" are merely actors, and may or may not be paid. Also a pilot is made to look good, to sell.

It was a massive hit in the UK, and still running today since 1986. One of the longest running game shows in UK history despite a 10 year break from 2002.

catchphrase as a concept was created in 1973. following the cancellation of concentration (i know this via the documentary)

I think contestants in shows' pilots are salaried. They win the same amount of money regardless of the outcome. If that's true, he was probably told the answer ahead of time, someone had cue cards for K-O just in case he had a slow pace, and was told to wait until nearly the end to say the answer to create drama and make the show more marketable. It's not unfair because he and Kiana would have made the same amount of money no matter what.

Nah. The buyers were turned off by the references to "mobiles" and to the home puzzle costing "50p plus 1 MSG at your standard network rate" to text in or "60p, calls from mobiles may vary" to call in.

Seems even more awkward these days.

@@ABCEasyas-- yep, even the original Art James version was more socially distanced, but the old set was bigger.

you may have not known this but according to a documentary about concentartion, catchphrase was made to tell NBC not to destroy the set of concentration

Definitely, good ol' Roy Walker; 'keep pressing and guessing folks'.

Eye of the Storm was pretty easy, but Safety in Numbers could easily be Safety Net

Wonder if she watched the original 1985 version of CP on KHCW (then KHTV) over there? ;-)

Doc Trower I believe that should’ve sell and made on GSN.

Actually, it should be Fly Fishing, which should be the common phrase. The flies weren't really throwing (casting) anything; just sitting with the poles.

It's a shame, I used to love watching the original back in '85.

Just noticing the end credits, they cite "Granada America" as part of the copyright, so it was definitely getting bankrolled by them.

It clearly did, as the Home Puzzle gives the price of a text as 50 pence.

Syndication

I heard MyNetwork any truth to that?

Michael Hetrick GSN would not be too bad then, but now....

gameshowfreak2007 x

+desmond shannon mr. chips is only in the UK

sure they coulda come up with a better name than Mr.Clues.....how unoriginal

It's an interesting question actually and something that I have long wondered. Are Herbie and Mr Chips'the same person/robot? Is he called Herbie Chips? Clearly Mr Clues is just some reject that should have been rejected at the QA level.

@@jeffrey44 Not a bad theory. As you can see in the early UK version, Herbie and Mr. Chips are indeed the same person. He just had a different name. Mr. Clues is just bootleg Mr. "Herbie" Chips.

It was not used here.

There are two pilots, do you remember your puzzle?

"Shell shocked"

Just checked the other pilot...not in there. I'm sorry! :(

Shame they didn't.

I don't think this pilot planned to have cars-- just cash. BTW, I've seen episodes (of the original Art James version) where 5 games also meant a boat, a trip, or $10,000 cash.

There can be multiple pilot tapings, so if they continue from one of those tapings, there will be champs already